Americans Smash 300 Jap Planes In Saipan Battle
U S forces seize Aslito airfield on Saipan and push east to Magicienne Bay as about 300 Japanese planes attacking the carrier task force are reportedly destroyed. Nimitz says American surface units suffer minor damage while no loss figures are yet released for planes. Ground fighting across Saipan continues with pockets of resistance along Nafutan Point and Susupe Lake.
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Pearl Harbor
United States
Aslito
Saipan Island
Magicienne Bay
Midway
Chester W. Nimitz
Nimitz
Santa Cruz
Aeeaeehet
Tokyo
Tuesay
Marianas Islands
Guam
Rota
Saipan
Marianas
U.S
Nafutan Point
Lake
Susupe
Charan-Kanoa
Century Gets 100 Percent Job Increase
Century Engineering reports a 100 percent rise in monthly production schedules for fuses primers detonators and arming head assemblies under army contracts and emergency urgent status. About 350 more workers will be hired to boost the workforce to 1 000 with 70 percent women and upgraded facilities and tools costing over 500000. The expansion aims for full operation by September and is tied to military demand and housing priority.
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Century Engineering Corporation
Army
E. J. Lattner
Army Service Forces
Chicago Ordnance Division
Century
Lattner
Arsenal
War Department
Middle West
Century Ordnance
Century Production
War Manpower Commission
United States Employment Service
Federal Public Housing Authority
Century J
Grace Lands First 4-Engined Bomber On French Soil
First Lt. C W Grace of Kalamazoo Michigan piloted a four engined bomber that landed on ground seized from Nazis in western Europe. With two engines out and others damaged the Liberator made a forced landing on a field where Allied bulldozers were building a new strip. Grace entered service in 1936 and earned his commission and wings in May 1943 at Ellington Field Houston Texas.
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Cedar Rapids Newa
C.W. Grace
Kalamazoo
Mich
Europe
C. W. Davis
France
Grace
Ellington’ Field
Houston
Texas
New Nazi Secret Weapon Reported By RAF Forces
The Second Tactical Air Force said bombers raiding northern France encountered a new German secret weapon. The device is described as a square box like missile that bursts to scatter silvery strips, likely to foul propellers, but deemed completely ineffective.
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London
Second Tactical Air Force
France
Sedition Acquittal Refused by Judge Eicher
Washington AP report says Judge Edward C. Eicher denied a defense motion for directed acquittal for 29 defendants in the mass sedition conspiracy trial. The ruling leaves the case to proceed to jurors on ongoing charges.
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Eicher
Washington
Edward C. Eicher
Bond Quota Report for Linn County Sales to Date
Linn county records show bond quota figures totaling 2,860,800 with updated sales to date. Officials emphasize progress toward the county goal and outline next steps for approvals and funding allocations.
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Linn
Wallace Lands At Chungking
Vice President Wallace arrived in Chungking as President Roosevelt’s representative and urged closer China Siberia relations He met Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek at the airport and discussed mutual interests with Chiang and Ambassador Gauss Wallace planned to visit farmers soldiers and the U S embassy after tea at the presidential villa He had previously stopped in Szechwan waiting for better visibility to reach Chungking
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Wallace
China
Roosevelt
Siberia
Hu Shih
United States
Canada
Tiuwa
Sinkiang
Szechwan
Special Plane Not For F D R Early Plane Used For Government Missions
Presidental Secretary Stephen Early stated a special plane with a passenger elevator is in use for government missions and was not built for President Roosevelt or any single official.
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Washington
Stephen Early
Early
Roosevelt
Allies Blast Dozens of Nazi Robot Planes Overnight
London reports anti aircraft gunners and night fighters shot down dozens of flying bombs as Allies gain range on the buzz bomb threat. The air ministry said attacking platforms have been reduced and robots now fly on fewer raids. German broadcasts warn of hardship ahead while civilians fear panic in London.
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London
England
British
Air Ministry
Pas de Calais
Hitler
Scotland
Britain
Germany
Europe
Berlin
Channel
Oxman Bids For Liberty in Federal Case
Maxwell P. Oxman of Chicago once linked to the Factor whisky warehouse receipts swindle filed a motion to vacate and correct his Cedar Rapids sentence. He was originally sentenced on Feb 2 1943 to six years and a 2500 dollar fine, later raised to 10 years. he argues the court exceeded its authority after the first ruling.
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Maxwell P. Oxman
Chicago
The
John
Jake
Factor
Federal Court
Cedar Rapids
Oxman
Hollywood
Palm Springs
Robert C. Bell
Minneapolis
Bell
Japanese Capture Changsha After Three Week Offensive
Chungking reports Changsha fell to Japanese forces after a rapid three week drive through Hunan. More than 50,000 troops swept in from Manchuria, unleashing air and artillery bombardment as defenders reportedly surrendered. The fall severs China from western allies and threatens vital Canton Hankow rail links. Also announced was Tiangzuo seized north of Myitkyina in northern Burma, tightening Allied pressure on Myitkyina and Mogaung.
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Changsha
Hunan
China
Manchuria
Canton-Hankow
Tiangzuo
Myitkyina
Burma
Mogaung
Atack
Economist Predicts 1950 Depression and Investment Outlook
Leonard Spangenberg of Babson Reports warned in Minneapolis that history’s worst depression may arrive in 1950. He said you cannot legislate out a depression, citing supply and demand laws, and projected three to four years of strong postwar business with stocks and real estate as top investments.
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Minneapolis
Leonard Spangenberg
Boston
Babson's Reports
Allied Allied Air Armies Launch Huge Bombing Sweep
Allied air forces claim 35 enemy planes down as 1,500 American heavy bombers plus escorts attacked Pas-de-Calais and central Germany targets including oil refineries and a tank depot. A separate Mustang group reports 13 German planes shot down over the Baltic, with one three minute dogfight over the sea.
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England
Baltic Sea
Allied Hdq
A.E.F
Pas-de-Calais
Germany
Emmerich
Isky
Hannover
Hamburg
Politz
Magdeburg
Brunswick
Stockholm
Sweden
Baltic
Stettin
France
U S Submarine Grayback Lost in Pacific
The navy reports the 1 475 ton submarine Grayback lost in the Pacific. Skipper Commander John A Moore of Memphis was missing with about 65 crew. Commissioned June 1941, Grayback is the twenty fourth American sub sunk in this war.
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Washington
Navy
United States
Pacific
Comdr
John A. Moore
Memphis
Tenn
Warm Weather Forecast Signals Early Summer Arrival
Cedar Rapids and vicinity face partly cloudy skies and rising temperatures as summer approaches. Fresh winds accompany a forecast that places Wednesday June 21 as the first official summer day with higher temperatures and little chance of rain.
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Cedar Rapids
Decorah
Cedar’ Raunds
Onawa
Allied drive to Cherbourg nears as port fights intensify
Allied forces under Lt Gen Omar Bradley push within four miles of Cherbourg while seizing Valognes and Montebourg. Ninth Division leads a southern thrust, with heavy bombardment and coordinated attacks across the Normandy front. German defenses hinge on three ringed lines as air reconnaissance shows Cherbourg port is being demolished.
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Arena
Cherbourg
Briequebec
Montebourg
Valognes
Tilly
Supreme Headquarters
Tilly-sur-Seulles
Hottot-les-Bagues
Bac
United States
Barneville
Montebourg-Valognes
Omar N. Bradley
France
Bradley
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